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❰ mod npcs/business ❱ ([personal profile] nysan) wrote in [community profile] nysaooc2018-01-14 10:11 pm
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City Alignment Poll and Request for Mod Applicants

Greetings, El Nysa! There are three very important things that we would like to address, so please read this carefully.

Request for Mod Applicants

We would like to take a moment to thank you all for enjoying the game these past 7 months. We are delighted with the game’s success thus far, and we appreciate our players’ receptiveness.

However, our original vision for El Nysa's plot elements has become harder to implement with the scale of the game vs the size of our current mod team. We intended to put out information that gives our players a sense involvement in the world their characters are placed in, but we cannot properly give that attention on top regularly scheduled events (TDMs, intro logs) and maintenance duties. To this end, we are seeking the help of 3 additional mods on our team focused on writing elements we cannot realistically attend to. The responsibilities of plot mods include filling in gaps in our worldbuilding, brainstorming plot, NPCing, and drafting event logs.

The maintenance (AC/ACP, lists, etc.) of the game is very well taken care of, so we do not require help in those areas, but any mod is welcome to help with applications and small maintenance tasks if they’d like to.

We would like to stress that in order to keep the game structured the way that it is (with no hard game cap, regular bimonthly app cycles), it is imperative that we have more hands on deck. Unfortunately, lack of interest may mean that we will have to consider closing apps for an indeterminate amount of time after February’s app cycle, along with considering a hard game cap. We would like to express to players that this is not a consequence of your enthusiasm, but a result of the current team having extenuating circumstances outside of managing the game.

If you are interested in becoming a plot mod on our team, please leave a comment on our MOD CONTACT. We request the following information:


Character Alignment Poll

Speaking of plot direction, we need to have an idea of who is living where as the tension between Olympia and Wyver continues to worsen. Please fill out the poll below for each character journal you have in the game.

Poll #19321 Primary Residence Poll
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 125


Does your character live in the city of Olympia, Wyver, or neither? If they have residence in both cities, choose where your character spends more of their time.

View Answers

Olympia
65 (52.0%)

Wyver
53 (42.4%)

Neither
7 (5.6%)



Character Employment

In the first few months of El Nysa, we handled PC employment at NPC businesses through PMs and spreadsheets. However, moving forward, PCs will need to sign up for specific businesses on the appropriate BUSINESS LOCATION. This includes employment such as The Olympia Royal Guard, Simwe Institute, Knightryders, The Gilded Cage, etc.

All characters must comment to the appropriate business to be considered employed there. This includes characters previously employed by PM. So if you haven’t commented, please do so now!

This concludes our mod address! If you have any questions or concerns, please use the questions thread below, or drop a line on our modbox. Thank you!
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[personal profile] assholic 2018-01-15 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
In terms of characters that haven't settled on one specific job yet or are sort of bouncing around doing things like fighting rings and 'odd jobs', would they have to sign up for that to be considered legit? I notice that no one's signed up for the fighting rings on the job page, but I've had her fighting there here and there. Does that not count anymore?
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[personal profile] natha 2018-01-15 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
They do not have to sign up, no. Only NPC-led businesses that have close government ties (or are otherwise plot important) require OOC signups. Players are free to have their characters take up other jobs at their leisure without the need to contact us.
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[personal profile] assholic 2018-01-15 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome. Thank you.
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[personal profile] unweave 2018-01-15 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Hey mods! Had a question - how would Araneas mercenary group be categorized? She once had it in Olympia before they were pushed into Wyver but has since focused on procuring the odd jobs and distributing there. She doesn't have a place of business persay now due to just getting settled in Wyver! How can I list Highwind Hires? Please let me know how I can help! Thanks!
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[personal profile] unweave 2018-01-15 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! I didn't know it Wyver/Olympia focused locations were needed to be listed on THOSE sections. I appreciate the nudge in the right direction! ☺️